Algarve

After Lisbon we headed down to the Algarve region of Portugal where we enjoyed beautiful beaches (and the pools at our hotel), as well as great food and cute little Portuguese villages. Jacob doesn't really like fish, but we decided to have the authentic experience at the peixe rodizio (fish grill), and even Jacob loved it. Here are a couple of photos of the fish--they brought LOTS of it.

In the Algarve Gavin experienced his first beaches. The first shot below is his first feel of sand between his toes. Then there are photos of him playing in the sand and dipping his feet in the (icy) water (it's the Atlantic Ocean, not the Mediterranean Sea like you might expect).

We loved the unspoiled villages we visited with their tiny winding streets, pretty churches and beautiful tiled houses.